“They were confident and cunning. They weren't mucking around looking for nuclear weapon secret sloppy seconds in America. They could care less about America. They were busy with the whole world domination thing.”

“That’s what she was, Joanna felt suddenly. That’s what they all were, all the Stepford wives: actresses in commercials, pleased with detergents and floor wax, with cleansers, shampoos, and deodorants. Pretty actresses, big in the bosom but small in the talent, playing housewives unconvincingly, too nicey-nice to be real.”

“Something about the way she moves through the world does not lend itself to the care of fragile objects.”

“Something about the way she moved through the world did not lend itself to the care of fragile objects.”

“You're not going to get any true confessions out of me," she said. "I'm a Leo, and our thing is changing the subject.”

“Anyone who needs more than one suitcase is a tourist, not a traveler”

“Les gens qui ont besoin de plus qu une valise ne sont pas de vrais voyageurs, ce sont des touristes.”